Competitions

Winter 2020 Competition:
President's Choice: Divided No More
Creative Photography: Caricature (a picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect.)

Nov 11, 2020 - Drop images on thumb drive off at CAPS Regular meeting or 
Nov 20, 2020 - Drop off at McBains by 5PM
Winter Banquet and/or Awards Ceremony is to be determined at a later date
Competition Changes for 2020-2021
General Competition Rules
  1. ALL entries, images or video, must have their JPEG files put on a memory stick and submitted to the Competition Director. Files must be named using this format - YourName_Category_1224.jpg. The memory stick must also have the name of the competitor clearly displayed on it.
  2. A current, official CAPS entry form must be submitted to the Competition Director along with your thumb drive (entry forms are on the CAPS website) At this time we are suspending printed images due to Covid-19.
  3. Only ONE entry is allowed in each subject category.
  4. Images are scored out of ten points: /5 Impact and /5 Technical = 10 points
  5. There are two levels of photographers in competitions; 1) Novice and 2) Open. 
  6. Images and video can be taken at any time for all categories except the following: Monthly Assignments (taken after April AGM), Doug Corrigan Landscape & Wildlife (Taken within two years) and Spring Work/Out (usually taken within the club year, however, due to being shut down and missing the Spring Competition 2020, Workshop images from the previous year will be allowed this year)
  7. All photographic processing, enhancement and digital manipulation must be the work of the competitor. (for more information on what constitutes processing, enhancement and digital manipulation of an image consult the Competition Handbook on the CAPS website).
 

Competition Subject Categories (please see Official Handbook for more information)
WINTER COMPETITION 
  1. Human Study: a photograph that contains a group of people, an individual or part of the body of a group or individual as its subject. (Novice and Open levels) 
  2. Non- Human Living Study: a photograph that contains a group of living plants or animals, an individual plant or animal or part of a plant or animal as its subject. A subject that is alive but not human (Novice and Open levels)
  3. Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape: the physical geography and/or weather and lighting conditions found in a natural setting including man-made structures form the subject of a landscape. A cityscape’s subject is the physical geography and/or weather and lighting conditions, or man-made structures found within an urban environment. The sea and its adjacent coastline and/or weather and lighting conditions found in on or near the sea as well as man-made structures (boats, lighthouses, etc.)  found in or beside the sea form the subject of a seascape. (Novice and Open levels)
  4. Action/Sports: A photograph that has captured the movement of a subject(s) or of a sport as it is being played. (Novice and Open levels)
  5. Macro/Close-up: a photograph that fills the frame with the subject. Often the photograph will show only a portion of the subject. A macro shot shows the subject at 1:1 or greater magnification and usually shows very fine detail. (Novice and Open levels)
  6. Composite Image Photography: Manipulation techniques of compositing (the combining of visual elements from separate sources other than the original image into a single image) (Combined levels) WINTER 2020 THEME - CARICATURE
  7. President’s Choice: this is a theme-based category where the photographer interprets the theme selected by the club president. (more information can be found in the Competition Handbook) (Combined levels)  WINTER 2020 THEME - DIVIDED NO MORE
  8. Doug Corrigan Nature - Landscape: a photograph in this category must have been taken within the last two years preceding the competition date (date taken must be included with photo). The photograph must be of a landscape that does not show the hand of man. The photograph can be enhanced, but not digitally manipulated. This category is not judged by the photographer’s level and is open to all club members. (Combined levels)

SPRING COMPETITION
- Subject categories 1, 3-6 remain unchanged for the Spring Competition - Changes and additions are as follows
  1. Still Life - A genre of photography used for the depiction of inanimate subject matter typically a small group of objects.  Still life includes but not limited too:  Tabletop, product, food or found photography
  2. President’s Choice: this is a theme-based category where the photographer interprets the theme selected by the club president. (more information can be found in the Competition Handbook) (Combined levels) SPRING 2021 THEME - LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK
  3. Doug Corrigan Nature - Wildlife: as in the landscape portion of this category, all photographs must have been taken within the last two years preceding the competition date (date must be included with photo). All subjects must be WILD. Domestic animals and cultivated domestic plants cannot appear in the image. The photograph must not show the hand of man (an unobtrusive man-made object such as a fence wire upon which a wild bird is perched could be allowed. The Competition Director reserves the right to ask competitors to withdraw or change images that reveal too much of the hand of man). (Combined levels)
  4. Spring Workshop/Outing: a photograph in this category must have been taken within the current club year (May through April) at either a club sanctioned outing or workshop. (a list of the workshops and outings will appear on the CAPS website - competitors should consult this list before entering this subject category). All entries must include the name and date of the outing or workshop. The photograph can be enhanced, but not digitally manipulated. This category is not judged by the photographer’s level and is open to all club members. (Combined Levels) (DUE TO COVID-19 SHUTTING DOWN 2019/2020 CLUB YEAR, WORKSHOP/OUTING IMAGES WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE 2020/2021 CLUB YEAR)
  5. Digital Audio-Visual Presentation: the digital video must not exceed three minutes in length and must only contain still photographs and/or video clips take by the competitor. The first three seconds of the video should be black, followed by the title of the presentation. The last five seconds of the video should also be black followed by the name of the competitor and credits for any music or sound effects used. The club strongly recommends the use of royalty free music and sound effects. (look up sources for royalty free music and sound effects online. Competitors are responsible for any legal issues that may arise from the use of copyrighted music or sound effects used in their videos). Regardless of whether music and sound effects are royalty free or not, all sound items must be credited following the competitor’s name at the end of the presentation. (Combined levels)

***PLEASE NOTE THE THEME FOR SPRING COMPOSITE IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHY IS TBD***


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